Three Inch Suite V: Reflections
2008
watercolor and graphite on Fabriano paper
3 1/8 x 2 1/4 inches

CHARLES RITCHIE

b. 1954
Pineville, Kentucky

Education

1980 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, MFA Painting
1977 University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, BFA Graphic Design

Honors and Awards

2008
Individual Artist Award: Works on Paper, Maryland State Arts Council
2006
Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
2005
The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund
Individual Artist Fellowship, Arts Council of Montgomery County, Maryland
2004
Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
2002
Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
1999
The MacDowell Colony Fellowship
1998
Individual Artist Award, Maryland State Arts Council
1996
Individual Artist Fellowship, Arts Council of Montgomery County, Maryland
1978-80
Graduate Fellowship, Carnegie Mellon, Pennsylvania

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2009
Charles Ritchie, Books and Pages, 2004-2009, BravinLee programs, New York, NY
Charles Ritchie, The Cartin Collection @ Ars Libri, Boston, MA
2008
From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Ritchie, Gregg Museum of Art, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, traveling to Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Artist’s Book Program: Charles Ritchie: Drawings and Journals, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
2006
Charles Ritchie and Joianne Bittle: Bioluminescence, Akus Gallery, East Connecticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Charles Ritchie: Works on Paper, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC
Suites and Pages, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
2004-2005
Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie, organized by the University ofRichmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia; traveling to The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland and The Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, GA
2000
Charles Ritchie: 21 Twilights and Nocturnes, Spheris Gallery, New York, New York
1998
Prints and Drawings by Charles Ritchie, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia
Charles Ritchie: Recent Work, Numark Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1996
Charles Ritchie: Works on Paper 1983-1996, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1993-1995
Charles Ritchie: The Interior Landscape, Marsh Art Gallery, University of Richmond. Traveling exhibition co-organized by the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
1980
Charles Ritchie, Hewlett Gallery, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009
50 Very Small Drawings, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA
Preparations: Artists' Sketchbooks and Journals, The College at Brockport: State University of New York, Brockport, New York and traveling to University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Drawings and Prints, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
Home, Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT
2008
Revealing the Light: Mezzotint Engravings at Georgetown University, Fairchild Gallery, Washington, DC
Publishing Prints: Selections from the Center Street Studio Archives, Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, VA
2007
Made in America: Washington Print Club 19th Biennial, Katzen Arts Center, American University, Washington, DC
New England Impressions: The Master Printers, Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
Landscape: A View from Maryland, in celebration of 25th Anniversary of Maryland’s Sister State Program with Kanagawa, Earth Plaza, Yokohama, Japan, Lowe House of Delegates Building, Annapolis, MD and traveling to Maryland State Arts Council, Backas Gallery, Baltimore, MD and The University of Maryland, University College, Adelphi, MD
Ornament: Ho Hum all Ye Faithful, BravinLee Programs, New York, NY
2006
Seven Recipients of the Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Grants, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC
Lasting Impressions: Celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of the Joel and Lila Harnett Print Study Center, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, VA
Gifts to the Permanent Collection: The Woolsey Collection, Department of Art and Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX
Subject: Contemporary Portraiture, The Cartin Collection, Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, CT
Natural Selection: Landscape Print Portfolio, Joel and Lila Harnett Museum of Art, University of Richmond, Virginia
2005
Art Noir, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland
Water color: Current Views, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Corcoran 2005 Print Portfolio: Drawn to Representation, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C
Drawing with Light and Graphite, James Backas Gallery, Maryland State Arts Council, Baltimore Maryland
Society of American Graphic Artists 90th Anniversary Exhibition, Art Students League, New York, N.Y.
Intimate Treasures, Washington Print Club 18th Biennial Exhibition, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery of George Washington University State of the Art, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, Virginia
2004
Small Treasures, Robert Brown Gallery, Washington, D.C.
20 Years of Prints for the Washington Print Club's 40th Anniversary, Fairchild Gallery, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
2003
Summer Invitational, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Value and Presence: Works on Paper, List Gallery of Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
2002
Works on Paper: Gallery Artists, Pepper Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
2001
Lichtenstein and Beyond: Recent Acquisitions of Modern Prints, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Saints and Sinners: A Portfolio, in Honor of the University of Georgia Studies Abroad Program in Cortona, Italy, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
65th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
75th Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Award
2000
Seven Washington Printmakers, Washington Art Club, Washington, D.C.
1999
63rd Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the Twenty-first Century, Meridian International Center, Washington, D.C., and traveling to The Museum of Fine Arts Hanoi, Vietnam, The Painting Institute, Shanghai, China, The Working People’s Cultural Palace Beijing, China, The CIPTA Gallery, Jakarta Arts Center, Jakarta, Indonesia, The Metropolitan Museum, Manila, Philippines, and The Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
1998
More Than One: Prints and Portfolios from Center Street Studio, University of Richmond, Virginia
The Second National Minnesota Print Biennial, Katherine E. Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota
1997
The Distinct Still Life, Pepper Gallery, Boston, Massachusetts
61st Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
The 40th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, New York, Marion A. Rahm Award for Landscape Prints Washington '97, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Group Exhibition, Forni Gallery, Bologna, Italy
1996
Treasures for the Community, The Chrysler Collects, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
The 39th Chautauqua Exhibition of American Art, Chautauqua, New York
171st Annual Exhibition, National Academy of Design, New York, New York
1995
59th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
14th Annual September Exhibition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana, Award
1994
The Irene Leache Memorial Exhibition 1994, The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, First Prize
American Drawing Biennial IV, Muscarelle Museum of Art, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia
1993
57th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
1992
Washington Project for the Arts at the Hemicycle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Bibliography

2008
Hill, Lori, "First Friday Focus," Philadelphia City Paper, November 6, 2008, p. 24.
Ennis, Lynn and Brad Thomas, "From the Inside Looking Out: The Journals, Drawings and Prints of Charles Richie," exhibition catalogue, 28 pages, full color, The Gregg Museum of Art & Design, North Carolina State University, Raleigh 2007
Cotter, Holland. "Mequitta Ahuja and Charles Ritchie at BravinLee programs," The New York Times, Weekend Arts, Last Chance (1 June 2007), p. E1
Filson, Joan Pinkerton, "Franz and Virginia Bader Fund Nurtures Mid-Career Artists," The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Spring 2007, pp. 4-6, Volume 43, No. 1.
O'Sullivan, Michael, "Galleries: The Quiet Pull of the 'Bader Fun' Show." The Washington Post, Washington, DC (12 January 2007), p. WE21
2006
Miller, Lenore D. and Johanna Halford-Macleod, The Franz and Virginia Bader Fund: Artists of the First Three Years, exhibition catalogue, Luther W. Brady Art Gallery, George Washington University, Washington, DC, pp. 3, 7.
Bostic, Connie, "Slow Hand," Mountain Xpress, Asheville, North Carolina (September 6, 2006)
Zevitas, Steven, "New American Paintings 63," The Open Studios Press, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006
Newhall, Edith. "Two Fine Painters, One Show," The Philadelphia Inquirer (March 10, 2006)
2005
Sozanski, John, "Eclectic Watercolors," The Philadelphia Inquirer (November 11, 2005)
Fallon, Roberta, "Not So Sketchy," Philadelphia Weekly (October 19-25, 2005)
McGinty, Johnathan, "Museum Exhibits Work of Alumnus," The University of Georgia Columns, Volume 32, No. 7 (July 11, 2005), p. 3
Denker, Eric, The Corcoran 2005 Print Portfolio: Drawn to Representation, exhibition catalogue, pp. 3, 22, Washington, D.C., 2005
Amedori, Kari, "Charles Ritchie," Baltimore Magazine, Catch It, Volume 98, No. 3 (March 2005), pp. 18, 33
McNatt, Glenn, "Ritchie Gives Familiar Suburbs an Artist’s Touch," The Baltimore Sun, Arts (Mar.3, 2005)
McCabe, Bret, "Night Moves," Arts, Baltimore City Paper, (February 10, 2005)
Giuliano, Mike, "Critic’s Pick," Baltimore City Paper, Suburban Journals, (February 5, 2005)
2004
Turchi, Peter, Maps of the Imagination: The Writer as Cartographer, Trinity University Press, San Antonio, Texas (illustrations pp. 47, 48, 213)
McQuaid,Cate, "Exhibit Showcases Studio's Exploration of the Art of the Print: Founder Fuels the Talents ofMany," The Boston Globe, 24 October 2004
Turchi, Peter and Charles Ritchie, Suburban Journals: The Sketchbooks, Drawings, and Prints of Charles Ritchie (catalogue), 72-pages, full-color, introduction by Dana Gioia, University of Richmond Museums, Richmond, Virginia
Roberts-Pullen, K. Paulette, "Sleepwalking in the Suburbs: An Artist Awakens After Years of Practice Looking," Style Weekly, Richmond (April 7, 2004) Vol. XXII, No. 14, p.25
2003
Hill, Lori, "Summer Invitational," Philadelphia City Paper, July 17 – 23, 2003
Donohoe, Victoria, "Value and Presence," Exhibition Review, Philadelphia Inquirer, Sunday, February 2, 2003
Fallon, Roberta, "Drawing Conclusions," Philadelphia Weekly February 19, 2003, Volume XXXII, No. 8
2002
Hirsch, Faye, "Charles Ritchie, Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples," On Paper,Volume 7, No.1, September-October 2002, p.55
Parmalee, Terry, "Charles Ritchie," The Washington Print Club Quarterly, Summer 2002 (cover)
2001
Shaw-Eagle, Joanna, "Print Masters at Corcoran," The Washington Times, December 8, 2001
Kurtz, Robert L., 65th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, exhibition catalogue, Youngstown, Ohio, frontispiece illustration / p.3
Zevitas, Steven, New American Paintings 33, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts
2000
King, Loren, "Pressing Matters," artsMEDIA: Boston’s monthly Guide to the Visual Arts, April 15 -May 15, 2000, p.8-9.
Hirsch, Faye, "Charles Ritchie, Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples," On Paper,Volume 3, No.2, March-April 1999, p.55
Gliick, Herbert, New American Paintings 21, The Open Studios Press, Wellesley, Massachusetts
1998
Protzman, Ferdinand, "Galleries: Holzberg and Ritchie at Numark," The Washington Post, Washington, D.C. (29 January 1998), p.B7
1996
Fanning, Gabriella, "Charles Ritchie, Working Proof: Reviews of Prints, Photographs, and Multiples," On Paper, Volume 1, No.1, September-October 1996, p.29
Brodie, Jacqueline, "Charles Ritchie, Prints and Photographs Published," The Print Collector's Newsletter, Volume XXVII, No.1, March-April 1996, p.29
1995
Kurtz, Robert L., 59th Annual Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, exhibition catalogue, Youngstown, Ohio, cover illustration / p.6
1994
Annas, Teresa, "Visions of Inner and Outer Worlds," The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger Star, Norfolk, Virginia (October 16, 1994) , p.E7.
1993
Bullard, CeCe, "From the Ordinary, Pure Poetry," Art Review, Richmond Times-Dispatch, Richmond, Virginia (February 2, 1993) p.C3.
Roberts-Pullen, K. Paulette, "Home-Made Art," Style Weekly, Richmond (January 12, 1993) Vol. X, No. 36, p.20-21.

Selected Collections

Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin, Ohio
Art Bank Program Program, US Department of State, Washington, D.C.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, Maryland
Berea College, Berea, Kentucky
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts
The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio
The Cartin Collection, Hartford, CT
The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Wellesley, Massachusetts
East Conneticut State University, Willimantic, CT
Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C.
Fidelity Investment Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia
Lauinger Library, Rare Books and Prints Division, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, NC
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
The New York Public Library, New York, New York
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The University of Richmond, Richmond, Virginia
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut
Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine, Wisconsin

Professional Experience

1988–Present
Associate Curator, Department of Modern Prints and Drawings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.